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  The ‘most Dangerous Man in the World’ posted by quin, 2010-06-21 09:11:34
According to the Pentagon, the most ‘dangerous man in the world’ today is an Australian by the name of Julian Assange! That’s quite a claim from an American Institution that has recently voided its credibility by releasing a commercial evaluation of the natural resource wealth of invaded Afghanistan – makes you wonder what the Corporate sector is doing if the traditional military focuses on commerce and wealth. [Planning the next war, perhaps!] (full story and 1 comments)
injustice/law / international
 Jungle Orchid posted by wisp, 2010-06-19 10:07:13
night flower (full story)
prose/poetry / international
 Wikileaks Soldier Reveals "360 Rotational Fire" Orders to Kill Civilians posted by Ralph Lopez via gan, 2010-06-18 20:53:49
We can thank the arrogant, inept yanks for making plain the REAL state of political ‘play’ today; the USA is now, and has been for some decades, completely controlled by Banks, Corporations and Global Transnationals – as are most other western ‘democracies.’ With that FACT now firmly established by a PENTAGON release of a mineral wealth commercial assessment for invaded Afghanistan, it is now impossible to view American invasive warfare as anything other than what it is, criminal appropriation, mass murder and PLUNDER. A direct link to the culpable has also been established; a bold line of responsibility connects today's wars with the Boardrooms of the largest Corporations of the World. [Dragging reprehensible, murdering, psychopathic EXECUTIVES to the gallows, after due legal process, would be a MATTER OF COURSE -- inevitable!] Ed. (full story)
imperialism / international
 Stock Markets -- Last Warning posted by marco, 2010-06-17 10:23:15
The global economic collapse of 2010 is right on schedule -- anyone that has any amount of hard earned money in this totally unstable casino environment is WARNED for the last time get out of the market or risk catastrophic losses. I can't make it any clearer. (full story)
miscellaneous / international
 Corporate Rule: Proof Irrefutable posted by major mitchell, 2010-06-14 22:41:27
The now anachronistic ‘Department of Defense’ (DoD) recently released a commercial business assessment (see link) of Afghanistan's resource and mineral wealth, which has been measured in the hundreds of BILLIONS of DOLLARS -- a routine matter for Corporations BUT an extraordinary assessment by the Pentagon, which traditionally should be an arm of government charged with the responsibility of national security and defense! Perhaps a name change for the obsolete traditional military is warranted, how about the ‘Department of Greed and Invasion or Civilian Killing and Holocausts or Resource Plundering and Theft etc;’ I’m sure readers could offer hundreds more accurate titles for the obscenity that has occurred these past few days? (full story and 2 comments)
imperialism / international
Canada: A Democracy in Crisis posted by Murray Dobbin via stan, 2010-06-13 22:02:11
Canada is in the midst of a crisis in democracy unique in its history. There is simply no other historical example that one can compare it to. It is multi-faceted and it affects every aspect of our national politics and political discourse. It is inexorably eroding the political fabric of the country and therefore our viability as a democratic nation. (full story)
social/political / international
Iran and the Balkans: Russia Risks Making the Same Mistakes posted by Pyotr Iskenderov via dragan, 2010-06-12 20:39:29
The recent UN Security Council resolution slapping new sanctions on Iran is likely to become the worst defeat suffered by the Russian diplomacy over the past years. Its negative impact may be persistent and more serious than that of the proclamation of Kosovo's independence to which Russia continues objecting. What we are witnessing seems to be an unexpected recurrence of the syndrome of unilateral concessions to the West which eroded Russia's international politics, especially its Balkan part, in the 90's. Following the Western lead in dealing with Iran, Russia is risking to lose both its positions in a region much more extensive than the Balkans and its hard-earned key role in the raising multipolar world. (full story)
imperialism / international
 A Whore of a Word posted by quill, 2010-06-11 21:04:14
we ARE able (full story and 1 comments)
prose/poetry / international
 Be Our Guest, Julian! posted by Raffi Khatchadourian via Kismo, 2010-06-11 10:38:10
The house on Grettisgata Street, in Reykjavik, is a century old, small and white, situated just a few streets from the North Atlantic. The shifting northerly winds can suddenly bring ice and snow to the city, even in springtime, and when they do a certain kind of silence sets in. This was the case on the morning of March 30th, when a tall Australian man named Julian Paul Assange, with gray eyes and a mop of silver-white hair, arrived to rent the place. Assange was dressed in a gray full-body snowsuit, and he had with him a small entourage. “We are journalists,” he told the owner of the house. Eyjafjallajökull had recently begun erupting, and he said, “We’re here to write about the volcano.” (full story and 6 comments)
miscellaneous / international
Markets About to Turn Nasty, Buy Barbed Wire: Advisor posted by Patrick Allen via fleet, 2010-06-09 07:13:49
Bond markets could get very nasty over the coming months, while stock investors could take a few months off and stop attempting to trade volatile swings in the markets, Anthony Fry, senior managing director at Evercore Partners, told CNBC Monday. (full story)
social/political / international
 Spain follows Greece -- people reject severe austerity cuts posted by staff report, 2010-06-09 05:25:11
MADRID — Tens of thousands protested against austerity cuts in Spain and Denmark Tuesday as Germany's powerful unions warned of mass action and Hungary became the latest debt-ridden nation to slash spending. (full story)
social/political / international
All Lies posted by Mike Whitney via stele, 2010-06-08 22:29:55
Israel has become Myanmar on the Jordan. Every new act of violence deepens the paranoia, the resentment, the isolation. The killing of 9 peace activists aboard the Mavi Marmara was celebrated in Tel Aviv--another blood victory against the 'terrorists', another triumph against those who would harm Israel. Heads of state around the world have condemned the butchery, but Israelis have shrugged off the criticism. They think that support for the activists is anti-Semitism. They think that food and medicine are weapons that will be used by Hamas against Israel. This is madness, but madness has consequences. Nine people are dead. (full story)
social/political / international
An Eye for an Eye posted by chela, 2010-06-08 00:01:13
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." -- Mahatma Gandhi (full story)
prose/poetry / international
Some Big Lies of Science posted by Denis G. Rancourt via reed, 2010-06-07 07:03:19
“The majority of politicians, on the evidence available to us, are interested not in truth but in power and in the maintenance of that power. To maintain that power it is essential that people remain in ignorance, that they live in ignorance of the truth, even the truth of their own lives. What surrounds us therefore is a vast tapestry of lies, upon which we feed.” – Harold Pinter, Nobel Lecture (Literature), 2005 (full story)
social/political / international
Stowaway posted by jaylin, 2010-06-06 22:47:09
[breadth of sky and depth of sea cannot hope to measure a Soul] (full story and 1 comments)
prose/poetry / international
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